Organ (298 bytes)
1: An '''organ''' is the following:
2: *In [[anatomy]], an [[organ (anatomy)|organ]] is a group of tissues which perform some functi...
3: *In [[music]], an [[organ (music)|organ]] is a large musical instrument.
7: [[de:Organ]]
9: [[it:Organo]]

Otolith organ (1120 bytes)
1: ...igotolith.jpg|thumb|300px|illustration of otolith organs showing detail of utricle, ococonia, endolymph, ...
3: The '''otolith organs''' (the '''utricle''' and the '''saccule''') are...
7: ...t demonstrated that the saccule is also a hearing organ for [[ultrasonic]] sound.

Michael Organ (1197 bytes)
1: [[Image:Michaelorgan.jpg|frame|Michael Organ]]
3: '''Michael Organ''' (born [[22 September]] [[1956]]) is an [[Austr...
5: Organ was born in [[Bulli]], [[New South Wales]], and w...
7: ...iberal]] candidate. Bird stood again and defeated Organ at the [[Australian legislative election, 2004|20...
11: *[http://www.michaelorgan.org.au/ Personal website]

Organ of Corti (625 bytes)
1: ...x|A cross section of the cochlea illustrating the Organ of Corti.]]
2: ...gan of Corti]] is the [[hearing (sense)|hearing]] organ of the inner ear. It contains receptors that resp...
10: [[de:Cortisches Organ]]

Flea organ (358 bytes)
1: A '''"Flea Organ"''' is the name given to a type of [[synthesizer]...

Organ culture (274 bytes)
1: ... conditions by the use of the actual ''in vitro'' organ itself.

Organ stop (5635 bytes)
1: ...c sounds (''[[timbre]]s'') available on a [[pipe organ]]. A particular stop is usually selected by pulli...
6: ... providing the "full-bodied" sound typical of the organ. Halving the number raises the pitch by an octave...
16: Names of stops are somewhat organ builder specific - a stop with
17: ... can have slightly different timbres on different organs.
19: ==Mechanics of the Organ Stops==

Stinger (organ) (469 bytes)
1: A '''stinger''' is an [[Organ (anatomy)|organ]] or body part found in various [[animal]]s that ...

Organ grinder (4464 bytes)
1: ...ustria|Austrian]] organ grinder with his [[barrel organ]] in [[Vienna]]]]
3: The '''organ grinder''' was a [[street musician]] of the 19th ...
5: ...m the tiny monkey-cranked box, to the huge barrel organ placed on a cart, with mechanical [[automaton]]s ...
7: The grinder would crank the barrel organ in a public place, walking around more or less b...
8: ...Paris]] there was a limited number of permits for organ grinders, and entry in that reserved circle was b...

Barrel organ (3494 bytes)
1: ...age:Austrian_BarrelOrgan.jpg|thumb|right|A barrel organ player in Vienna, Austria.]]
2: ...uries. Usually made of finely crafted metal, the organ barrels had to be extremely sturdy in order to ke...
4: ... of air which sounded the pipes. The last barrel organs were electrically powered, or converted to elect...
6: ... play them without using the barrel, when a human organist was available. The barrels were all too often ...
8: At the beginning of the 20th century large barrel organs were often converted to run on [[piano roll]]s o...

Theatre organ (1515 bytes)
1: ...rlitzer" is virtually synonymous with the theatre organ.
3: ...ccompany silent movies, they usually also used an organ to provide relief to the orchestra, and to play f...
5: ...era, many of the tonal characteristics of theatre organs became somewhat more exaggerated than they had b...

Vital organ (834 bytes)
1: ...tely, a person will quickly die. The major vital organs are
7: Other organs associated with [[digestion]] and waste disposal...

Electronic organ (7963 bytes)
1: ...organ]]s have turned to less-expensive electronic organs as a viable [[alternative]].
3: ...or]]s and [[filter]]s, but most modern electronic organs use high-quality [[digital]] [[Sampling_(music)|...
5: ... largely through the film performances of Hammond organist [[Ethel Smith]]. Nevertheless, they initially ...
7: ...ument's design reflected this concept: the spinet organ resembled a piano, and presented simplified contr...
9: ...tly colored (even more so than those of [[theatre organ]]s).

Burning Organ (382 bytes)
14: # Burning Organ

Organ tablature (834 bytes)
1: ... distinctly different systems for the notation of organ music which were fully deserving of the name "tab...
3: ...rly printed works for the organ; again, the term "organ tablature" is more appropriately applied to the G...

Organ repertoire (2883 bytes)
5: ...ts who have studied the Western tradition of pipe organ music.
14: ** Orgelbüchlein (Little Organ Book) (BWV 599-644)
18: *** "The German Organ Mass" (BWV 669-689)
29: ** Suite for Organ (opus 5)
49: ** L'Organiste

Organ (music) (9941 bytes)
1: ...strings, as on the [[harpsichord]]. Instead, pipe organs produce sound by means of flowing air.
3: ...gan.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The [[Casavant]] [[pipe organ]] at [[Notre-Dame de Montréal Basilica]], [[Montr...
7: Organs date back to classical antiquity. Early organs were often [[hydraulic]]; the inventor most ofte...
9: ...rch organs of today. (These were called "positif" organs; today the word tends to label a division.)
11: ...gy)|organ]]s, originates from the [[Latin]] word "organum", the earliest predecessor of the instrument us...

Organ (anatomy) (1073 bytes)
1: ...nd [[stamen]]. A group of related organs is an '''organ system'''.
3: [[Organelle]]s are analogous sub-[[cell (biology)|cellula...
5: ==Organ systems==
22: * [[artificial organ]]
24: [[cy:Organ (anatomeg)]]

Pipe organ (7272 bytes)
1: ...image:organ.jpg|thumb|300px|The [[Casavant]] pipe organ at [[Notre-Dame de Montréal Basilica]], [[Montrea...
3: ...e organ. Music written specifically for the pipe organ is common from the [[Renaissance]] to the present...
6: ...imbre]] of the instrument considerably. Many pipe organs are mammoth instruments that are part of the chu...
8: ...(open or closed). Each [[Variations in Timbre of Organ Pipes|variation]] results in a different timbre.
12: ...s pitched some multiple of octaves apart: thus an organ stop may have similar names with the addition of ...

Speech organ (308 bytes)
1: ...produce the many sounds needed for [[language]]. Organs used include the [[lip]]s, [[teeth]], [[tongue]]...

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